Symphonie fantastique

Album by Hector Berlioz & Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Claudio Abbado

Symphonie fantastique is a programme symphony by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed and first performed in 1830. The five-movement work is characterised by innovative orchestration, expanded orchestral forces, dramatic contrasts and recurring thematic transformation to depict a narrative, and it occupies a pivotal place in Berlioz's output and in the development of Romantic orchestral music.
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  1. 1.
    Symphonie fantastique : I. Rêveries – Passions: Largo – Allegro agitato e appassionato assai
    15:24
  2. 2.
    Symphonie fantastique : II. Un bal: Valse – Allegro non troppo
    6:05
  3. 3.
    Symphonie fantastique : III. Scène aux champs: Adagio
    16:36
  4. 4.
    Symphonie fantastique : IV. Marche au supplice: Allegretto non troppo
    6:25
  5. 5.
    Symphonie fantastique : V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat: Larghetto – Allegro
    3:10
  6. 6.
    Symphonie fantastique : V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat: Dies irae
    1:49
  7. 7.
    Symphonie fantastique : V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat: Ronde du Sabbat
    2:46
  8. 8.
    Symphonie fantastique : V. Songe d’une nuit du Sabbat: Dies irae et Ronde du Sabbat ensemble
    1:45

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